The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-12
ASREMONSTRANCE
AGAINST NATURAL GAS LIGHTS
Put In by Mr.. Iiarreli " Last Nighrs Coun.
eli arecting-A Paper Worthy of SAttcn.s
ton, II not Coo sidcrat ion- -Cren,ntory Z
4. Ordinnnce-Funds III March. ~

eli sfecttng--A PAPER Worthy of 'Attcn.
itlou. II not Coo sideratlon-C reu,atory
II. ordinnnce-runds til March. I. ~
The regular semi-monthly meeting Of
Council held last night was a very tire.
some one. Tho Second Branch got started
on the crclnatory ordinance and struggled
with It for nearly two houfs, thereby block.
Ing the. consideration Ct important com.
mitteo reports and leaving the Fitst
Branch with nothing to work on. It &C.
cordipgly adjourned and the socond after
exhausting itueif on tho ordinance ad.
journed, leaving 1t in an unfinished con.
dition. 4NNNsr WY 5It.
Itwas not until abou. quarter pas. eleh.
o'clock that q sufficient number Of the
members Of the Second Branch put In an
appearance 10 warrant the calling together
Of that body. PRECEDENT Sweeney being
absent, Mr.. GruHe repeated his expert
ment Of several months since-calling on
Jopas G. Picket, gentleman from tho
Sixth ward, who has attained something
OF q reputation ns a Democratic politician,
10 preaide. There was no objection to this
and the roll was called, just quorum an-
aweriny to their names. Prcsident Swea-
ney appeared at this junc!ure and took
his seat. Clerk Bowers then commenced
monotonous vocal periosmance-raadin
thirty pages OF minutes. Eventually he
finished this uain.eyessiBg duty, and
the members bfaced up for the consilera.
ton OF business. Ths 'absen.ees at this
|timo were Bntts, Ciator, Hildreth, Jaeger,
Jonss. Mccoy, Mckinley, Smith, Weir
and Yahn. 5.r,G "a. alba IA.
The annual appropriations having .ex.
pirGd December 81, 1880, there was no re-
port i,om Clerk Bowers, showing expen-
ii tnres and balances as usual. -
| Under a Suspension OF the rules City
Clerk Bowers reported tina. the official
oaths Of Jamcs A. Cunning. Chief Of tho
Fire Department, and OF R.V. Ankle snd
offs. ". Cunningham, assistants, ,psrkel
correct in form" by Solicitor Okeoile,
had been filed with him. He also pre-.
scented tho bond Of Dunuing in the sum
Of 81, 900 with Jesse Hall and John john
son "a sure!ies. These papers were Rp.
proved md ordered fled siler tho surelies
had bGen sworn. 80
Undor further suspension Of tho rules
IN ordinance was taken up providing thar
the City Clerk may, dining the months Of
January, February and March 1887, mako
payments when Properly authorized, to
the following named departments and for
salarits md contingent expenses, upon
proper vouchers, Of sums Of money not
exceeding in the aggregate one-iourth Of
the amount appropriated for the same
purpose for the tiscal year ending Decem.
Der 81, 1855, that is to cay; For,the Board
Of Public Works, Fire Department, Health
Department, Market, Police Department,
Scales and Weighing, Real Estate, Come
tries; Salaries and fol, contingent expenses,
and for the 1890 loan Of 1877, s. $50. This
Voc read three times and adopted. The
! ordinance Is made necessary in order to
bridge over tho time Intervening between
tho frat OF thu year and the time for max
ing the animal appropriations. ~
MIR. Healy presented 81 ordinance
amending the ordinance in relation to the
licenRs to be paid by the owners OF the
Opera House and Washington Hall, add
ing on the came terms the owners Of the
Capitol Rink Grand Cantrall. This was
read once and objection to its second
rea5iug being msds by Mr.. di!leiand it
went over undsr the rules.
MIR. Harrell presented tho following
petition and naked that it bs referred to
the Boarl Of Gas Trueteea, to bs consider
ed In competition with tbs petition pro.
sontad by certaia :aenufacturera. twill
be remembered that Mr.. Harre!l opposed
vary vigorously the manufacturers, Pc
lition at tie time it was presented:
To he Mayor and Counoli
Your petitioners would represent that
the contract between our city and the na-
tursl gas companies, which have laid
pipes in our streets, provides that these
compsnies shall not provide natural gas
for Illuminating purposes within the city.
There Is no exception rssi'a IN favor OF
any pe.gops or firms. A petition Is before
your honorable body, which is presented
by several firms. who a,yla themselves The
Msnuiacturers' Company and who are pr
ties 10 the contract, asking you to permit
them to vio]sta their contract before it is
three months old. 81, ~
This, re would respectfully suggest, Is
al entering wedge to tho introduction :of
natural gas as an iluminans in all parts Of
the city, sud when it is 60 introduced the
revenues Of orr Gas Works will BIO SO
much reduced that the valda Of the works
will be greatly impaired and tho prize Of
gas necessarily largely increased.
To test tina disposition Of your honora-
bic body, to treat with equal justice all
classel OF our citiaena, aud as protest
against your ,nsEing special exceptlong in
favor OF incorporated companies, who aTo
permitted to fist uss our streets, which
arc tho common property OF all Of our
citizens 10 transact their business
on and thus to destroy the
oity's most valuable property to
increase their enormous profits, We.
would respectfully ask your permission to
use natural gas for illuminating purposes
10 our places OF buIineas anl private |
dwellings,. It can be furnishad a. fifteen
eents per Thousand fset-a saving OF
seventy.avs cents per thousand on the |
price paid to tho oily. We claim that VIC I
are 60 much entitled 10 this chance 10 |
gave little of onr yearly income So ore |
'ASbAooio "a bklc AIAuu1nSttAclo 0StS SJllls |
pany and otheIo sto haye go suddenly I
discovered their preasing need Of more
light, and that this light can only bs fur
nlehed by natural gas companioa in |
violation OF q solemn contract entetcd
into with the city.
This was sigusd by forty-fve namss.
Among them are the names OF O.t r.
Behier, Peter Bonneuberser, Or. e. Baird,
Postmaster Simpson aud his cheif clerk
Alien Brock, McLain Brou., P. Welty, G.
". Hea9, G. T. Bott, Julius Lohoe, james
Fi|an, Robert W. Schnalle, G. Vierhelter,
" Bsllinger, Heinrich Plug, W. Bieris
and John Robsechs. II
Tho crematory ordinance was then
taken up as unfinished business and put
on its second reading for amendment and
debate. The ordinance 81 presented was
very volumlnoHsly drawn and in con.
tness was no end o; endmenls
and debate. Colonel Caldwell wes loaded